IS VIRTUAL A VIRTUE IN SCHOLARSHIP?

AUTHOR(S)

Griffin, Daniel

PUB. DATE

December 2007

SOURCE

Information World Review;Dec2007, Issue 241, p36

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

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Teaching a college level course on information literacy can be challenging to librarians without a background in instruction. In this presentation, a media specialist and a cataloger, will present experiences as first time teachers while providing tips to other librarians from nontraditional...